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INTO THE WILD / THE LEGACY OF LUNA Arrived today. Two new factual books. Each with a widely different nature based story. One a lost soul, answering the call of the wild in search for answers. The other, a warrior, a teacher, providing her own answers. Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer “In April 1992 Chris McCandless, a young man from a well-to-do family, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. He had given all his savings to charity, abandoned his car and possessions, burnt all the money in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a hunter … John Krakauer uses McCandless’ restless progress around the wide spaces of North America to explore the call of the wild and the mentality of those that succumb to it.” 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 The Legacy Of Luna written by Julia Butterfly Hill “The story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the Redwoods. ‘Why would anyone in their right mind sit in a tree for two years? Meet Julia Butterfly Hill, perhaps the last American heroine’ - Los Angeles Times. Julia Butterfly Hill, twenty-six, is a writer, a poet, and an activist. She helped found the Circle of Life Foundation to promote the sustainability, restoration, and preservation of life.” #intothewild #jonkrakauer #thelegacyofluna #juliarainbowhill #nature #wilderness #alaska #californiaredwood #activist #circleoflifefoundation #book #greatreads #reading #author #books #booknerd #booklover #bookcommunity #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #positivevibes #bookvibes #readingvibes #foodforthebrain #positivewaves #metalhobbit (at Birmingham, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0K3jcMCFV/?utm_medium=tumblr

'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer I don't know how to write about this book- every adjective that I think of is saddled with the weight of death. A retelling of the events that unfolded in the deaths of his fellow mountaineers, the book is a personal account by @krakauernotwriting of what happened and make sense of the whys. What worked for me: • Sherpas, local Nepalis who ace mountain climbing, have not been shuffled as footnotes to the mountain climbing experience. They literally set the stage for the non-Nepali folks to climb- from carrying supplies to setting ropes and yet in the 90s a tour guide charged $65000, while the Sherpa who works the hardest made about $2500. Go do the Math. As someone from the subcontinent and from a country whose heritage includes examples of this kind of exploitation, it's safe to say- it made my blood boil. • I knew there are risks in mountaineering- high altitude sickness is something we are advised about while doing our acclimatization when travelling to higher altitudes- but the book delves into that and others in more depth and covers a larger risk base. It was scary- how the body turns against itself when so out of its comfort zone. • Krakauer's writing is fascinating. He has written about a horrific episode with remarkable clarity and coherence. I wanted to devour everything that he has ever written. Sharing one of the pic that I have from the Himalayan range. And another of a quaint railway station in the foothills of Himalayas. Sunday mornings armed with a flask of tea and sandwiches, we would head to this platform and chill. Only two trains frequented this station- one arrived in the morning. Another left at night. This station is neither so laid-back nor as quaint anymore. #intothinair #jonkrakauer #nonfictionreads #nonfictionbookclub #nonfictionbooks #mustreadbooks #bookrecommendations #mountaineeringbooks #womenwhoread #indianbookblogger #indianbookstagrammer #delhibookstafam #delhibookstagram #delhibookstagrammer #delhibookstafam #newtobookstagram #newbookstagram #newbookstagrammer #nevernotreading #bookishthoughts #bookishlove #booksbooksbooks #unitedbookstagram #unitedbookstagramindia (at Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaeJanYLlac/?utm_medium=tumblr

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer 5 stars . More of a celebration of the life of Christopher McCandless, the young man who walked into the Alaskan wild in search of self and solitude, and whose body was found four months later, than an exploration of death. Krakauer writes with awe at the aura McCandless seemed to have, and his adventure is pieced together by carefully researched interviews with those whose paths crossed McCandless and lives were changed in the process. . #intothewild #jonkrakauer #christophermccandless #themagicbus #minimonotonebookclub #booksivereadin2021 #booksivedrawnin2021 #booksreillustrated #bookstagram #houlart #houl (at Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvDG0AvNQL/?utm_medium=tumblr

Have you ever opened a book, read the Author's Note, then turned to start the main text and just *known* you weren't gonna be able to put it down? That just happened for me starting MISSOULA by Jon Krakauer, starting with the quote pictured above. What's the last true story about justice for rape survivors you encountered? ... #metoo #metoomovement #missoula #missoulamontana #jonkrakauer #nonfiction #nonfictionreads #criminaljustice #justice #college #takebackthenight #survivorsofinstagram #rapesurvivor https://www.instagram.com/p/CSQcstqrlf7/?utm_medium=tumblr